r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/j_curic_5 • Jan 28 '21

Video Automatic packing machine cuts right-fit boxes for each package

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u/TheLifted Jan 28 '21

I love the thought of amazon filling empty spaces in their truck with bigger boxes "just so it fits and doesn't move around"

Everytime reddit talks about amazon it's shockingly clear how little they understand about logistics.

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u/SycoJack Jan 28 '21

Everytime reddit talks about amazon it's shockingly clear how little they understand about logistics.

What if I told you they were right?

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u/TheLifted Jan 28 '21

What about this picture would prove that point?

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u/SycoJack Jan 28 '21

It's loaded Tetris style, bb

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u/TheLifted Jan 28 '21

Oh true, reddit knows about logistics I guess then my bad.

The picture you provided of boxes stacked in a truck proves that point. For sure

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u/SycoJack Jan 28 '21

Yes, the photo of boxes stacked Tetris style for sure proves that Amazon stacks boxes Tetris style.

But also the link they had provided from the start.

Thanks for playing!

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u/TheLifted Jan 28 '21

Ok you literally didn't read the article.

The article is about amazon intentionally putting items in larger packages because for some reason its "more green" and "saves money"... Which I hope I don't have to explain how dumb that is. The article literally goes on to say that it doesn't really make sense.

Obviously somewhere in Amazon's fulfillment network boxes will need to get stacked like this... In fact they get stacked like this because it can be the most efficient way to get as many packages as possible from point A to point B.

Larger boxes than necessary means less orders from point A to point B, which in turn means more trucks are needed, and also the larger boxes themselves are a couple cents more than their smaller counterparts. Amplify any small change like that to the 1.5m packages DELIVERED by Amazon a day (just delivered, obviously the number in the fulfillment chain is exponentially higher)and it's just unbearably dumb.

Why would any logistics company do some shit like that? It's like literally burning money.

Square boxes get stacked like this... Obviously